After pari-mutuel pools closed the evening of May 15, grade 3 winner Incredibolt and multiple stakes winner Taj Mahal were bidding for Preakness Stakes (G1) favoritism at 5-1 each.

In this week’s On Racing: The eight years since 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify have been fraught with chaos and controversy. With Kentucky Derby winners frequently skipping the Preakness, it might be time to change the Triple Crown schedule.

Returning to Maryland for the first time since her 2025 George E. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan (G2) triumph, Margie’s Intention snapped a nearly year-long winless streak by capturing the $123,750 Allaire DuPont Distaff Stakes at Laurel Park May 15.

Coming from off the pace while defending her home track from shippers, Peach Tie takes the $148,500 Miss Preakness Stakes (G3) for Sheldon and Brittany Russell.

Paul Verderosa looks ahead to the Preakness & the Dinner Party at Laurel Park.

Robert Zoellner was down to three broodmares in the spring of 2023. One mare hadn’t gotten pregnant the year before. One foal died. The third is on the cusp of being the longtime owner/breeder’s first starter in a Triple Crown race.

Robert Zoellner was down to three broodmares in the spring of 2023. One mare hadn’t gotten pregnant the year before. One foal died. The third is on the cusp of being the longtime owner/breeder’s first starter in a Triple Crown race.

Taj Mahal has an advantage that has become a rarity in the May 16 Preakness Stakes (G1) in recent years: racing experience over the track. Will the race’s move to Laurel Park give him the edge?

In the non-stakes portion of the May 15 Black-Eyed Susan day card at Laurel Park, jockeys and horses appeared to escape serious injury in a fall in the fifth race after the day’s first race saw an equine fatality.

The Saratoga Breakfast and Thoroughbred Farm Tour experience includes a buffet-style breakfast at Saratoga Race Course, followed by a 60- to 90-minute guided tour, before returning to Saratoga for an afternoon of live racing.